Ernesto Aguilar, a U.S. Air Force veteran pursuing a Master' Degree in Teaching English to Students of Other Languages (TESOL) at PSU, has become a mentor to the underserved kids in his North Portland neighborhood who dream of going to college. Ernesto, whose own parents didn't finish high school, knew he wasn't the only kid to face the challenge of being a first-generation college student. That's when he decided to bring 120 middleschoolers to PSU to help show them that college is a possibility. Read the full story about Ernesto in The Oregonian.

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